The Light Encountering the Darkness in Twentieth Century Orthodox Theology and Spirituality in the West: Father Sergius Bulgakov, Mother Maria Skobtsova, Vladimir Lossky, and Archimandrite Sophrony
2023
Abstract
The chapter concentrates on the contribution that modern Orthodox thinkers have made to European culture. The choice of figures is designed to conclude the people who experienced the Bolshevik Revolution, emigration and then the Second World War.
They had to inhabit different religious and cultural context and had to search Christianity which could bring light. The chapter namely concentrate on theology and experience of light in the world and life of Father Sergei Bulgakov, Mother Maria Skobstova, Vladimir Lossy and Archimadnrite Sophrony.